| 单词 | pontefract cake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPontefract cake In full Pontefract cake. A liquorice confection (typically a flat black circular sweet) of a type originally made in Pontefract. Also called Pomfret: see Pomfret n.2 ΚΠ ?1750 J. Watkinson John Watkinson, Grocer, Tea-Dealer, &c. single-sheet advt. Confectionaries... Pontefract cakes. 1847 Times 9 Feb. 4/7 The Chancellor of the Exchequer observed that the taste of liquorice was so delightful in Pontefract cakes that he wished to reserve it for them. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 14 Feb. 7/1 The Pontefract (or Pomfret) cake is a dainty little circular confection, into the composition of which liquorice enters largely. 1950 A. Stuart Lace on her Petticoat in J. Trewin Plays of Year (1951) 51 I've kept the sweeties Granny bought with my Saturday penny—licorice pontefracts. 1999 L. Mason Sweets & Sweet Shops 8 About the same time [sc. 1761], George Dunhill is said to have devised the liquorice Pontefract cake. < as lemmas |
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